Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:362. 1832
Verified:
03/26/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
bonduc – divi-divi – gray nicker – grey nicker – grey nicker-bean – nickernut – wait-a-while –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galapagos Islands | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Manabi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Madre de Dios | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana, Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Gabon
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
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MALESIA:
Papua New Guinea
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Quintana Roo]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Nicaragua
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador [Galapagos Islands, Guayas, Manabi], Peru [Madre de Dios]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=50012.
Accessed 20 September 2024.